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Relativistic effects on the linear and nonlinear properties of electron plasma waves are investigated using the one-dimensional quantum hydrodynamic (QHD) model for a two-component electron–ion dense quantum plasma. Using standard perturbation technique, a nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) containing both relativistic and quantum effects has been derived. This equation has been used to discuss the modulational instability of the wave. Through numerical calculations it is shown that relativistic effects significantly change the linear dispersion character of the wave. Unlike quantum effects, relativistic effects are shown to reduce the instability growth rate of electron plasma waves.
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GHOSH, B., CHANDRA, S. & PAUL, S.N. Relativistic effects on the modulational instability of electron plasma waves in quantum plasma. Pramana - J Phys 78, 779–790 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-012-0271-z
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